Yuji Makiguchi

Yuji Makiguchi was known as an Director, Assistant Director, Writer, and Screenplay.

Decapitation of an Evil Woman (1977)

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Terumi Azuma  •  Yoshinobu Hirose  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yukiko Tachibana

An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Terumi Azuma  •  Yoshinobu Hirose  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yukiko Tachibana

Confessions of Lady Mantis (1975)

Midori Satsuki stars as a vamp who destroys one poor man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, which brings a tiny bit of action into the comedy oriented film. Being a Toei production, Mantis Wife’s Confession looks like real movie rather ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Midori Satsuki  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Yuki Morisaki  •  Goro Naniwa

Midori Satsuki stars as a vamp who destroys one poor man’s life after another. Finally she seduces a professional killer, which brings a tiny bit of action into the comedy oriented film. Being a Toei production, Mantis Wife’s Confession looks like real movie rather ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Midori Satsuki  •  Shingo Yamashiro  •  Yuki Morisaki  •  Goro Naniwa

Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District (1976)

The sequel depicts Yuki's love affair with a young brothel owner who was once a Noh singer, and his complicated relationship with a woman who follows him around. Their love triangle nearly dissolves in Yuki's favour, but takes a sudden turn after an intervention of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Masumi Jun  •  Yuki Morisaki  •  Aoi Nakajima  •  Masataka Naruse

The sequel depicts Yuki's love affair with a young brothel owner who was once a Noh singer, and his complicated relationship with a woman who follows him around. Their love triangle nearly dissolves in Yuki's favour, but takes a sudden turn after an intervention of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Masumi Jun  •  Yuki Morisaki  •  Aoi Nakajima  •  Masataka Naruse

Oxen Split Torturing (1976)

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Yūsuke Kazato  •  Rena Uchimura  •  Akira Shioji  •  Masataka Iwao

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Yūsuke Kazato  •  Rena Uchimura  •  Akira Shioji  •  Masataka Iwao

Bounty Hunter Muyonosuke (1990)

Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who is on a never-ending quest to find the man who murdered his father. The usually aloof Muyonosuke, who never would pause to help the common man winds up befriending ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Yukiji Asaoka  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Kentarō Shimizu  •  Hideki Takahashi

Takahashi Hideki stars as Muyonosuke, the one-eyed ronin who makes his living as a bounty hunter who is on a never-ending quest to find the man who murdered his father. The usually aloof Muyonosuke, who never would pause to help the common man winds up befriending ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Yukiji Asaoka  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Kentarō Shimizu  •  Hideki Takahashi

Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle (1991)

The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Ken Matsudaira  •  Yôko Asaji  •  Atsushi Watanabe  •  Tsukasa Itou

The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Ken Matsudaira  •  Yôko Asaji  •  Atsushi Watanabe  •  Tsukasa Itou

Virgin Breaker Yuki (1975)

Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who works in a Kyoto red-light district house of ill repute as a "tamawari," or "virgin-breaker." She's the gal who gets first dibs on the new recruits to the brothel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Masumi Jun  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yukio Miyagi  •  Masataka Iwao

Based on a manga by Kosuke Miki and Tadashi Matsumori, this film follows the adventures of Yuki, who works in a Kyoto red-light district house of ill repute as a "tamawari," or "virgin-breaker." She's the gal who gets first dibs on the new recruits to the brothel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Masumi Jun  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Yukio Miyagi  •  Masataka Iwao

The Most Perverted Post War Crimes (1976)

Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Pinko Izumi  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Maki Tachibana  •  Hideo Murota

Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Pinko Izumi  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Maki Tachibana  •  Hideo Murota

The Yakuza Code Still Lives (1976)

After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Yutaka Nakajima  •  Tomomi Satô  •  Hideo Murota

After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Yutaka Nakajima  •  Tomomi Satô  •  Hideo Murota

Nuns That Bite (1977)

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Haruka Tajima  •  Hiromi Maya  •  Kaori Serita  •  Masataka Naruse

A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Escaping, she heads for the hills and finds safe haven at a convent. After becoming a postulant (trainee nun), she catches her fellow sisters engaging in lesbianism, fighting over nothing, hurling snakes at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Haruka Tajima  •  Hiromi Maya  •  Kaori Serita  •  Masataka Naruse

The Story of a Geisha (1977)

In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Haruko Wanibuchi  •  Shinichi Ogishima  •  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Fumio Fujimura

In the year 1873, a Japanese woman is sold as a mistress to an American diplomat stationed in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Makiguchi
CAST:  Haruko Wanibuchi  •  Shinichi Ogishima  •  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Fumio Fujimura